With the Aussie swarms getting hot, it is probably a good time that this new site is being launched and given a good workout down under. General public can report a swarm giving its address and the system logs the GPS coordinates, looks for the nearest 3 registered beekeepers and sends off a text message to them immediately. Registration is free so give it a try. It will probably take a little bit of time for the Google machine to start bringing the site up when people google swarm removal, but it should not be too long. The site seems to have some good ideas! See what you think.

Just a brief note to tell you all that the site is going great and is getting some very positive feedback. There are now well over 100 beekeepers registered from all corners of the world already! swarmpatrol facebook group is also gaining popularity.

Maybe it needs more advertising... Might be worth letting the DPI know about the website and asking them to advertise the website in their community news letters, staff, and any phone calls they get ect.. Works both ways.. Works for the beekeeper, and also works for the DPI, with monitoring the spread of the Asian honey bee in cairns in FNQ and varroa mite when it arrives and other diseases .. I rang my local council about some sort of register for local beekeepers, so we could pick up swarms as they appear, but the council was not interested in the idea, they just palmed the idea off to the DPI......